Janine Alyssa Navarro Poems

Elegant as a floating cloud
Her breath tastes of sugar
Her eyes have stolen the stars
Porcelain skin that burns
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Take flight upon the cruise
Of the hundred wishful feathers
As it pretends to be claws
That grasp at the forsaken loom
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And when the happiest
Wallpaper of days
Seem too perfect
Along comes a mug
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I'd rather want you
To want to hurt me
So that way
I know I'm too good
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sky dew lightheadedly prance
on your translucent face
lackluster takes rapid flight
into spaces and corners
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My elbow hits the edge of the table
As I stretch towards the clouds
To capture the stars I’ve buried
Somewhere between the moon
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Our wrists attached themselves
As if they activated incendiarism;
Our destiny suddenly flashed
Before our once-murky vision,
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Perfectly obscured
Are the consummated
Verses upon my skin
The naughty balladry
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How do I learn when I’m afraid to try?
How do I live when I refuse to wake?
How do I look when I’m afraid to see?
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Once upon a time
it wasn’t hers.
Once upon a time
it was a thought that occurred.
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